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<p></p><p></p><p><strong style="line-height: 1.5;">A federal court decision late Monday will allow Alabama to proceed with its economic damages jury trial against BP and other responsible parties in connection with the 2010 Gulf oil spill.</strong></p><p><strong>U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled against BP’s motion to strike Alabama’s demand for a jury trial seeking compensatory damages from the 2010 Gulf oil spill.&nbsp; This follows a March 16, 2015, order by Judge Barbier setting the Alabama compensatory damages trial to commence in the spring of 2016.</strong></p>Tue, 31 Mar 2015 21:38:28 +0000MacKenzie Bates69993 at http://apr.orgBP Trial to Move Forward, Baldwin County School Tax, UAB Sports programs updateFeds Get Time to Decide on Retrial for BP Engineerhttp://apr.org/post/feds-get-time-decide-retrial-bp-engineer
<p>Federal prosecutors have been granted additional time to decide whether they should appeal an order throwing out the conviction of a former BP engineer in the 2010 Gulf oil spill.</p><p></p><p>U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval granted the prosecutors' motion Thursday</p><p>Duval ruled last week that Kurt Mix was entitled to a new trial on an obstruction-of-justice charge because of juror misconduct in his 2013 trial.</p>Fri, 20 Jun 2014 11:28:07 +0000Associated Press54257 at http://apr.orgFeds Get Time to Decide on Retrial for BP EngineerAgreement Reached on Ala. Oil Spill Restoration http://apr.org/post/agreement-reached-ala-oil-spill-restoration
<P>BP and federal and state officials have reached an agreement on proposed early restoration projects from the BP oil spill that are expected to cost about $94 million.</P>
<P>The projects are part of BP's plan to provide up to $1 billion in funding for recovery of natural resources that were impacted in the BP oil spill.</P>
<P>BP's Executive Vice President Laura Folse says the money will -provide long-term benefits to the Alabama environment and the people of Alabama.Thu, 02 May 2013 12:28:19 +0000The Associated Press29587 at http://apr.orgAgreement Reached on Ala. Oil Spill Restoration Tests Confirm Link Between BP Oil, Post-Isaac Tar http://apr.org/post/tests-confirm-link-between-bp-oil-post-isaac-tar
Scientific testing has confirmed a link between oil from the massive BP spill and tar found on Alabama beaches after Hurricane Isaac.
Auburn University researcher Joel Hayworth said Tuesday a chemical analysis showed that tar balls collected after Isaac were associated with the type of oil spilled after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig in 2010.
Auburn researchers collected about 15 pounds of tar balls after the storm, and officials from Gulf Shores and Orange Beach picked up still more.
BP is holding a media briefing in New Orleans to discuss its response after Isaac in AlabTue, 11 Sep 2012 21:05:06 +0000The Associated Press17689 at http://apr.orgTests Confirm Link Between BP Oil, Post-Isaac Tar Tar Washing in on Alabama Beaches Post-Isaac http://apr.org/post/tar-washing-alabama-beaches-post-isaac
<p>Officials say they're finding tar balls on Alabama's beaches in the wake of Hurricane Isaac's landfall last week.</p><p>Representatives from the cities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach said Wednesday workers are seeing significantly more tar deposits on the sand than before Isaac struck. The tar is weathered and old, and it's not considered dangerous.</p><p>The cities believe tar is breaking off from large, submerged mats that were left from the BP oil spill in 2010. But tests have yet to confirm whether the tar is linked to the BP well or something else.</p>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:21:11 +0000The Associated Press17382 at http://apr.orgTar Washing in on Alabama Beaches Post-Isaac